A four-legged robot from Texas landed squarely on the Moon on 2 March, becoming the first commercial spacecraft to execute a lunar landing without falling over or crashing. The lander, known as Blue Ghost and built by Firefly Aerospace, based in Cedar Park, Texas, aims to spend two weeks conducting science experiments provided by NASA.

A private lunar lander carrying a drill, vacuum and other experiments for NASA touched down on the moon Sunday, the latest in a string of companies looking to kick-start business on Earth's celestial neighbor ahead of astronaut missions.